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Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CVE-2020-24939

High
7.5/10

Summary

Prototype pollution in Stampit supermixer prior to 1.0.5 allows an attacker to modify the prototype of a base object which can vary in severity depending on the implementation.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-1321 - Prototype Pollution

Prototype pollution is one of the lesser-known vulnerabilities. It allows attackers to abuse the rules of JavaScript by injecting properties into the general object “Object” in JS. Modifying the prototype of “Object” affects the behavior of all objects in the entire app, potentially resulting in denial of service, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting, etc.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published